[Spooks] Sam theories.

[Chris Smolinski]

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>I know that it seems obvious to us that it would be a bad idea to use
>frequencies like the same ones WWV uses. This would only attract
>attention, right? And it would also make sense to avoid frequencies
>that amateur radio operators use. But we've seen Sam do both of these.
>Yes, it's very possible that this could be someone screwing around for
>kicks. But in the context of a military DF exercise, I think it makes
>a lot of sense. That is, simulate conditions where you must locate a
>signal on a crowded band, perhaps even a signal sharing a frequency
>with a much stronger signal in another location. This would make DFing
>much more challenging. Especially if the training is intended to
>ultimately be used in a real-life situation. I doubt that Al Queda
>fighters are using ITU band plans to coordinate their HF
>communications in the mountains of Afghanistan. Bin Laden is still out
>there in the mountains and he surely has some kind of communications
>network, probably based on HF and VHF radios. I still believe that
>this could be a military exercise used to train forces in foxhunting.
>It is one method that could be used to capture a high value target who
>is on the run in a very large area.
>

If the purpose is to conduct a radio training exercise under 
conditions of QRM, then the agencies involved can produce the 
required QRM.  I find it highly unlikely that the US military is 
going to QRM WWV, or operate in a ham band. It simply makes no sense, 
and proof of this happening would cause far too much bad PR to be 
worth the risk. To quote Wolfgang Pauli, it is not even wrong.

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Chris Smolinski
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